D.M. author Autry to be on PBS show

Dec. 13, 2012

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“Moyers & Company” airs at 11 a.m. Sunday on Iowa Public Television.

Another Iowan in the national spotlight:

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Des Moines author Jim Autry will be featured on “Moyers & Company,” a national public television show, at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Autry wrote “Choosing Gratitude: Learning to Love the Life You Have” last summer. The book has maintained its popularity in Des Moines, ranking third on the list of best-sellers at Beaverdale Books for November.

The former Fortune 500 executive of Meredith Corporation wrote about being grateful in the face of life’s trials and used many stories of his own life to serve as examples.

That personal touch will be evident in the interview with Moyers, long considered one of the top TV journalists.

“Bill is, I think, the best interviewer in America in that he takes the attitude that the interview is not about him but about the interviewee,” Autry said.

The piece veered from his book on gratitude to Autry’s other works.

“The conversation struck me as something of a retrospective on my poetry,” said Autry, who read his poetry for Moyer and shared bits of his life story. “The conversation was deeply personal and at one point, I got pretty emotional.”